Gendered Contexts

Biographical notes

Laura Benedetti (Volume editor) Julia Hairston (Volume editor) Julia L. Hairston (Volume editor)

The Editors: Laura Benedetti, currently an assistant professor of Italian at Harvard University, received an M.A. from the University of Alberta and a Ph.D. from The Johns Hopkins University. Her work on Renaissance and modern Italian literature has appeared in several North American and European journals. Julia L. Hairston is a doctoral candidate in Italian Studies at The Johns Hopkins University. She holds a laurea in modern Italian literature from the University of Rome «La Sapienza» where she is currently an instructor. Silvia M. Ross is a visiting instructor in the Department of Romance Studies at Duke University and holds an M.A. from The Johns Hopkins University where she is a doctoral candidate. She is completing a dissertation on the function of geographical setting in twentieth-century Italian literature. The Contributors: Luisa Muraro, Itala T.C. Rutter, Tommasina Gabriele, Eugenio L. Giusti, Stephen J. Campbell, Robert J. Rodini, Olivia E. Sears, Dolora A. Wojciehowski, Rosalind Kerr, Cynthia C. Craig, Patrizia Bettella, Giuliana Minghelli, Sandra Carletti, Chiara Bassi, Beverly Ballaro, Graziella Parati, Davida Gavioli.